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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1942.
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Chapter 44
The Plot Doesn't Jell
"lirHY, Ward?" Dean Thorn
''dike asked. -Why?"
"I should think you might
guess. I w short in my ac
count. I needed the bonds and
I -delivered them late, knowing
Clarke couldn't get to safe de
posit DOS.
"You took them back to the
. efflcej' . . .
twered. "That tu what made the
flan to safe. I stole the bondi but
did not keep them, nor attempt
to use them. I simply took them
back and substituted them for
the ones I had sold.
j "Wilt minute." Fenner
Dushed away from the wall and
his voice rasped like a file. "How
aia you Know Delia Stewart naa
the envelope?
i "I saw her."
'Whit? Joyce f asped . the
word.
' "I can even tall you what she
oia wnen sne came out. uiarice
had a front apartment After I'd
ahot him I stepped to the front
window. I just happened to notice
ber cross the street. She went
to her car, then stepped out In the
street and went along to mine
which I'd parked a few cars be
hind, not seeing hers at the time."
He glanced at Delia. That's right.
isn t it?" ,
The girl nodded, but kept ber
Bead bowed.
That's what made It so hard,"
Allen said. "I had to save my own
neck, and I didn't want to in
volve her if I could heip it She
bad the envelope but I tnought
(he loved me enough to overlook,
the things it told about me: 1 was
sure she would not go o the
police with it But Hardacker
wnen no came it cnangea every'
thing."
He paused and wet his lips.
The rest of it you guessed,
Joyce. I had a gun on him when
he opened the office door, I knew
I had to kill him but I had to
work myself up to It I made him
it down on the leather couch
while I told him what I wanted.
I decided, since It could be had, I
should get the envelope. That
way Delia would never suspect
me, because she would be sure
I would never do anything like
that to her. Oh, it was rotten I
know, but "
- He broke off. He - was still
watching Joyce, his eyes hot and
pleading.
- Bequest For Time
"TT WAS the only way," he said.
' 1 made him go to the desk
end telephone her, told him what
to say. He must have known
what was coming. He tried to get
ms gun ouu i snot mm.
Through the head." Fenner
am.
"Yes. He fell forward, his face
on ne aesx. i couldn't bring my
self to touch him for minute
and then I knew I'd have to
because or Delia. I picked him up
and carried him to the closet;
then I did what you said, Joyce.
I didn't dare wait there, I hid
by the s'-irs.
"When I heard someone coming
I decided to let her go in the
office and then be ready to grab
her when she came out I didn't,
think she d find Hardacker." He
paused, continued hopelessly
"Only it was Raeburn instead of
Delia. When he went inside I
knew I had to get out I couldn't
run the risk of having to do any
more killing."
He took out a handkerchief and
wiped his forehead. His face was
aunt and heavy. Joyce looked at
Tenner and the things she saw fa
his face scared her.
"So that's it?" he said, his Up
flat against his teeth. ,
Murdock rose from the arm of
her chair and Joyce stood up with
him. Ward Allen put his handker
chief away.
"I've made It easier for you." ha
said. "I wish you'd give me
little time."
"Well " Hestor stood up. "You
certainly fixed things up for me."
She eyed Joyce resentfully. "Be
tween the two of you, you cer
tainly did. . . . How much have I
left Dean? Fifty thousand?"
"About that" Thorndike said.
"Lucky for me that I'm well
stocked up with Jewelry." She
adjusted the collar of her coat
and started for the door.
Allen had paid no attention to
her; he was still watching Fen
ner. Til only need, a few minutes.
There are some things I'd like to
say to Delia and to Dean."
He Lied! ;
MURDOCK went over to Fen
ner. "Come on. Jack."
"You never learn, do you?" the
detective said, not looking at him.
"It dont matter that he's a killer.
huh? You can still feel sorry for
nim.
Jovce went over to him. "What
good can it do. Jack?" She put
her hand on his arm, fighting to
control her voice. "He's told you
the story. What difference can a
few minutes make?"
John Nason moved oast Hestor'
and opened the door. Hesitating
to see if she was coming with
him, he found her watching Ward
Allen, and went out v
' 1 11 tell you how much time
you'll get from me," Fenner said.
Until I can get downstairs and
find a telephone. Nick Hardacker
was a nice little guy. I only hope
fou try to take a powder while
m outside waiting for Bacon."
Hestor save Allen a final look
and went out Murdock pulled
tenner s arm and tney followed
her. Joyce stopped with her hand
on the edge of the door.
ueua started to rue. un, ward!
I can't "
I m sorry. Allen cut In
sharply. "There's no other way."
"Now, now," Thorndike said,
restraining her. "You can't let it
get you."
Joyce went out hurriedly and
closed the door. Hestor was wait
ing at the stairs and Murdock
and Fenner had stopped just out
side the door.
I m san. Fenner said. "It s
no good, I tell you, letting a guy
uice tnat stay around loose. -
Murdock's face waa warped In
thought and his eyes were brood
ing. "Something's wrong," he said.
"I can't figure it Was there anv
blood on Hardacker's desk? You
didn't"
He sot that far before he
noticed Joyce's face. She was
close to him now, her hand on
his arm. Her cheeks were chalk
white and her eyes were sics with
fear.
"He's lying," she said, trying to
fight her panic and keep her voice
a whisper. "Oh, don't you see? He
said he saw Delia from the win
dow of Perry Clarke's apartment
He couldn't Rave. That aDartment
was not at the front You said
so yourself i There was no leather
couch in Hardacker'a office! He
lied and he wanted me to know
he lied!"
Fenner sucked In his breath.
"Hardacker wasn't carried in the
closet he was dragKed!"
MurdocK graBDed Joyce s shoul
der and it ached long afterwards.
That's what I mean. He said
Hardacker's face fell on his desk
but you never mentioned blood
on the desk!"
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Red army defenses before ' the oil fields of Maikop appeared to be cracking and dispatches
told of explosions Indicative of the "scorched earth" policy. Black arrows show course of Ger
man drives, including one which Nasis said'led to the capture of Pyatigorsk, midway between
the Black and Caspian seas. Russians were counter-attacking (white arrows), in Kotelnikovski
area southwest of Stalingrad.
Ft' Warren, Wyo., Aug. 1J.
fSpl.) Ten soldiers from Med
ford and vicinity were among
the recent arrivals at the quart
ermaster replacement training
center here where they have
started a dual training program
combining military with special
ist' school Instruction.
The men here Include: Nelll
H. Nelll, a transplanted Iowan;
Orrln W. Lutterbeck from St.
Marys, Ohio, who was employed
by C. M. Kldd company in Med
ford: Walter R. Hahn, John N.
English, Lowell V. Pratt, son of
Owen C. Pratt of. route 3. box
389; Philip C. Hannaford. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jsmes C. Hanna
ford of box 727, Eagle Point:
William C. Strahan, aon of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl R. Strahan, Rogue
River: Charles R. Lundy, son of
Mrs. Nellie R. Wllley, route 1.
box 199, Central Point; Manley
J. Porter, son of Mrs. Lei a E.
Porter of Chlco, Cel., whose
wife lives at route 2, box 422.
Grants Pass; John L. Loper, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Loper, route
2. box 78, Ashland. . .
This quartermaster replace
ment training center Is one of
the two In the United States (the
other is a Camp Lee. Va.l. and
transforms raw recruits into the
famed "fighting quartermasters"
who have made ' name for
themselves on Bataan and other
fronts of the world.
Here at the QMRTC these 10
southern Oregon men first will
receive thorough training In
basic military subjects (first aid.
map reading, squad drill, use of
the rifle, etc.), and then will be
enrolled In one of the many
specialist schools here which
teach . the ... quartermaster . corps
functions of feeding, clothing
and transporting the army.
Steel-Nerved Woman
Hacks Off Leg When
Tangled In Machine
Jacksonville. N. C, Aug. 12
VP) When Mrs. C. F. Thomp
son's slacks caught In the drive
shaft of the motor of her fishing
boat and pulled her foot into
the motor's set screw, she calm
ly amputation the foot at the
ankle with 4 fish knife. A strip
of cloth from her blouse served
as tournaquet.
A nearby boat towed her
craft 18 miles and coast guards
men rushed her to a field hos
pital. A blood transfusion was
given her there and another
amputation was made to correct
some muscular trouble
Hospital attendants said an
other amputation was planned
in an effort to remedy a gan
grenous condition resulting from
the tight tourniquet on her leg.
It was there almost three hours.
Her condition was termed crit
ical. Mrs. Thompson, S2, earned her
living as a fisherwoman. With
her when her foot was caught
was a 18 year-old boy whom she
hired to handle the boat. When
the accident happened she gave
directions to the boy about
handling the boat and proceeded
to cut off her foot. She used a
Jagged-edgcd knife with a blade
about six Inches long.
DEER HUNTING BANNED
FOR NORTH CALIFORNIA
Sacramento. Aug. 12 (if)
Governor Culbert L. Olson to
day signed the order closing im
mediately all of the districts in
Northern California which are
now open to deer hunting as re
quested by Western Defense
Commander J. L. Dewitt.
Silkworm eggs are distributed
free by the government of
Brazil to encourage silk cultivation.
On the Radio Chains
' STATIONS!
Chain affiliation and where
they are on tht dish
HALE (MHIII 1330, rortland.
HEX (NHC-Blut) IIIM. Portland.
HUA (NHC-Hlus MBS) 1510
Spokane; Kuo (NHC-mue) am
Kin rranclero: KOW (NHC-Hrdl
C2e. portlandi 4H (NHC-HHir)
looe. Seattle; KNX, (CBS) lino
Loa Anseles: It OA (NHC-Rrd) aVMl
Deneer: HOIN (BH) S70. Pnrt
land; KOMO (NBr-Rrd B.M
Seattlei KPO (Nnc-Red) m
Ran rranrieroi KSL (CBS) Ilea
MltLake Cltr. '
I tin Shown Is PST
Wednesday
8:00 H. lUlwnbom. KPO, KOW,
KOMO; Kelson Eddy. KNX. KOIN.
KSL; Flying Patrol. KEX, KOO, IUR:
Sura of Today, KOW; waits Rhythm.
KPO.
a 30 It Happened tn the Service.
KOMO. KOW; Dr. Christian. KSL;
Harry W. Plannery. KNX, KOIN: Polk
Music from many Lands, KJB;
Passing Parade. KPO.
6:00 Shirley Temple tn Junior
Mlta, KNX, KOIN; Those We Love.
KPO. KOW, KOMO: Basin Stmt
Chamber Muslo Society. KOO, KEX;
Popular Muslo. KJR; 8 port. K8L.
8:30 Mr. District Attorney. KPO.
KOMO, KOW; Ooldmin Band Con
cert. KOO, KJR; Suspense, KNX,
KOIN, KSL; News, KEX.
7:00 Tour Blind Date, KOO. KXX.
KJR; Great Momenta In Music,
KOIN. KNX. KSL: Kay Kyser's Mus
ical Quia. KPO. KOW, KOMO.
7:30 Lightning Jim. KOO. KJR,
KEX; 32nd Letter, KNX, KOIN; Army
Recruiting, KSL.
8:00 Earl Oodwln. KOO, KEX,
KJR: Amos -n' Andy, KNX, KOIN,
KSL: Point Sublime, KPO. KOW,
KOMO.
8:15 Olenn Miller's Orvh.. KNX,
KSL. KOIN; Lum and Abner. KOO,
KJR. KEX.
8:30 Dr. Christian. KNX. KOIN:
Paul Martin's Orch.. KOW, KPO;
Manhattan at Midnight, KOO, KJR.
KEX: News. KSL.
9:00 News. KOW; News Here and
Abroad. KOO; William winter, KNX
News, KOIN; Down Memory Lane.
KEX: Studio Party. KJR; Highlight
Hour. KOMO: Light and Mellow, KPO
S 30 Lyrics and Lullabies. KOO:
News. KJR, KSL. KEX: Northwest
Neighbors, KOIN: Tour Mayor Speaks.
KOW; Lud Oluakln's Orch., KNX:
Who's Who on the Home Front.
KOMO: On Our Bandstand. KPO.
10:00 Reporter News, KPO. KOW.
KOMO; Oarrv Moore Show. KOO.
KEX; News, KNX. KON: Chamber
Music Society, KJR; Masterworks of
Music. KSL.
10:30 Freddy Martin's Orch..
THE WORLD AT ITS WORST
y CLUYAJ WILLIAMS
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HAS ALSO 60f 6U)E ON If
S-ia t. m ,.w.. h. uituan-J
KOO, KJR; Harry Owens' Hawallans,
KPO, KOMO; Sports. Woody Her.
man's Orch., KNX, KSL: Moonlight
Sonata, KOW: The World Today,
KOIN: Broadway Bandwagon, KEX.
11:00 Lud Oluakln's Orch, KOIN,
KSL: Organ. KPO; This Moving
world. KEX: News. KOO. KNX.;
Dance Orch., KOW: Folk Mualc, KJR;
Evening Reveries. KOMO.
Acnoaa
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Thursday
5:00 p. m. Thirty Minutes To
Play. KSL, KOIN: Maurice's Orch.,
KPO, KOW; Flying Patrol, KOO.
KEX. KJR; Sura of Today. KOW:
Thirty Seconds To Oo, KNX; Dance
Orch., KOMO.
6:30 p. m. Masters of Music,
KOMO, KOW: Death Valley Days.
KSL; Clete Roberta Reports, KOO,
KEX; Harry W. Flannery, KNX
KOIN; Folk Mualc From Many Lands.
KJR; Afternoon Dances, KNX; The
Parade, KPO.
8:00 p. m. Major Bowoa Original
Amateur Hour. KNX. KSL. KOIN
Muals Hall, KPO. KOMO. KOW; Sur
Lea Boulevards, KEX, KJR; Volca of
Victory. KOO.
8:30 p. m. Staga Door Canteen,
KNX, KSL. KOII': Fifteen Mlnuta
From Broadway, KOO: News, KEX:
Armchair Crulaca. KJR.
7:00 7. m. How'm I Doln'? KPO,
KOMO, KOW: Rudy Valleo Show,
KOO, KEX. KJR; The First Line.
KNX. KQIN, KSu
7:30 p. m. Talks, KSL: Red Ryder,
KOO, KJR, KEX: March of Time.
Kr0. KOW, KOMO: Time Out for
Melody, KNX: Leon F. Drews, KOIN.
8:00 p. m. Amos n Andy, KNX.
KSL, KOIN: Fred Waring tn Pleasure
Time. KPO. KOMO. KOW: Earl Ood
wln, KOO. KJR. KEX.
8:15 p. m. Olenn Miller's Orch..
KNX. KOIN. KSL: Lum and Abner.
KOO. KJR. KEX: News. KOMO: Moy
lan Staters. KOW; On Our Band
stand. KPO.
8:30 p. m Death Valley Days.
KNX. KOIN: Frank Morgan. KPO.
KOMO, KOW: This Nation at War,
KOO: Newa, KSL; Flowers for the
Living. KEX.
0:00 p. m. News Here and Abroad.
KOO; United We Sing. KNX: Ald
rlrh Family, KPO. KOW, KOMO:
Down Memory Lane. KEX: Concert
Hall, KJR: Company at Ease, KOIN;
Maudle's Diary. KSL.
0:30 p. m. Moon River. KPO.
KOW. KOMO: Freddy Martin's Orch.
KOW; Maudle's Dlarv. KNX. KOIN:
News, KJR. KSL. KEX: Words and
Mualc. KOO.
10:00 p. m. America's Town Meet
ing Of tbe Air. KOO, KJB, KEX:
Reporter Newa. KPO, KOW. KOMO:
News, KNX; Five Sur Final, KOIN:
aatrworka Of Music, KSL.
10 30 p. m, S porta. Woody Her
man's Orch., KNX, KSL; Organ Mu
sic, KOO; Betty Martin, KPO. KOMO:
Broadway Bandwagon, KEX: Moon
light Sonata, KOW: Northwest Bible
Institute, KJR; The World Today,
KOIN.
11 "OO p. m. Harry Owens Hawall
ans, KOW; This Moving World, KEX:
Al Donahue's Orch, KOIN: News.
KOO. KNX; Reveries. KOMO; Folk
Music KJR.
Savings and Loans
Suffer During War
Washington, Aug. 12 (IP)
Insured savings and loan asso
ciations In Oregon and Washing
ton reported declines In home
ioans made during June com
pared with June 1941 it was an
nounced today by the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation.
The statement said the loans
In Oregon (or June totaled $195,
400 compared with $644,173 In
June of last year.
War time restriction held new
construction loans in Oregon to
$37,700 during June In Oregon.
RESULT OF CAMP
E
Public Relations Officer In
formed by C. of C. Trade
Increased 40 Per Cent.
A business Increase of more
than 40 per cent among Med
ford merchants since the activa
tion of Camp White was report
ed today to the camp public re
lations officer by Frank Hull,
manager of the Jackson county
chamber of commerce.
Mr. Hull informed that officer
that there had been a doubling
of residential home building
since last year and that there is
now in preparation a plan for
expanding the city school sys
tem if the influx of soldiers'
families make it necessary. Mr.
Hull predicted continuing eco-
nomie boom for the city as the
camp gets into full swing.
"Outside the obvious econo-vj
mic advantages derived from the
Camp White activities." Mr. Hull
declared, "we owe the army of
ficials a cultural debt. Many
well Informed and interesting
speakers from the camp have ad
dressed our civic groups and
many lasting friendships be
tween camp officers and men
and Medford citizens have re
sulted. We look for a continu
ance of this pleasant relation
ship and cooperation."
Gsrman Ace Killed
After 51st Victory
London, Aug. 12 JP) The
air ministry news service said
tonight Major Rudolph Pfalnz,
see German fighter pilot, was
killed in combat with RAF fight
ers over France on July 31, the".
day after the Germans an
nounced he had scored his 51st
success.
Pfalnz was one of eleven shot
down in fierce dogfights be
tween more than 100 RAF and
German fighters over the
Somme area. The RAF lost
eight spitfires.
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INSPIRED GENERAL
In August. 1914. at Le Catcau, In france'e valley of the Salle, British troops, trapped
by a sudden shift of the German attackers, were forced to retreat. Weary and hungry, the
men slogged through a rainstorm in disorder, their morale at low ebb. General Tom Bridges,
later governor of South Australia knew the men needed only an inspiration to form an order k
iy retreat Instead of a rout. He picked up a toy drum and a penny whistle at a small French KJ
shop. Soon the hopeful rattle of the drum and the reedy shrill of the pipe echoed through
the rain. The Tommies took heart and their faltering ranks assumed a martial appearance.
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